DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
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I get the desire to have a 4 slice toaster, but I defy anyone to tell the difference between the toast from a posh machine and a budget one!
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[Misc] Are Dualit toasters worth the money?
- Thread starter Bozza
- Start date
True, but under good guidance
“Dualit was founded in 1945 by the German-born inventor Max Gort-Barten ”
I buy whatever regardless of where it comes from. My shoes are British. My man bags are all British. My suitcases are all British. I have some British clothes and tons of British music. For these particular items British is best.
It’s more the longevity of the toaster that’s the point. Buy cheap, buy twice.
Biker-Marty
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- Mar 15, 2018
- 10
If I am being Honest.
They appear to have the appeal as BMW's .
IE People who own one immediately expect everyone else to actually be impressed.
As far I can tell, they just burn bread.
Love toast, but seems to be paying premium, just for a name.
Just my Opinoin
They appear to have the appeal as BMW's .
IE People who own one immediately expect everyone else to actually be impressed.
As far I can tell, they just burn bread.
Love toast, but seems to be paying premium, just for a name.
Just my Opinoin
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
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We tend to buy about the £25-30 price for toasters/kettles/irons, and it's only the toaster that's not broken down so far. I get the point though re price v longevity.
daveinprague
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Not sure I want to see smeg and toast in the same sentence tbh
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
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That made me chuckle
Mrs W brought one from her previous marriage and it's been going for over 15 years now. BUT like you I'm very disappointed with it. Very uneven toasting and slices get easily stuck. It also drives me mad when someone turns off the slice switch, turns on the 'bun' switch and leaves it like that after. I get bored of finding my toast unevenly toasted ON ONLY ONE SIDE !!!!
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Hilariously enough, I just showed my wife this thread about a £170 Dualit toaster and she said 'yeah that's what we're getting when the kitchen is finished!'...
Lush
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Not for me, mainly because I try to eat a lot less bread these days.
Brok
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- Dec 26, 2011
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And there is the problem in a nutshell.
Buy a cheap supermarket toaster for £2.50 and you get about two quids worth of toaster.
A lesser toaster will merely turn the outside of the bread brown, whereas a Dualit actually cooks the bread, to make delicious toast. Real toast.
Some little pleasures in life are worth it.
Normal Rob
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given that you can get a decent toaster for a tenner, that means you can afford 17, or 68 years worth, for the price of the one that Bozza is looking at.
Brok
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- Dec 26, 2011
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Why buy 17 toasters when you can get one beauty?
You cannot get a decent toaster for a tenner!
LowKarate
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Toaster evangelisation! I've seen it all now. 
I wouldn't buy a £10 toaster from Tesco because I've seen how my Dad's ones never last, but you also don't have to go to the premium end of the market to find a toaster that will last 15 years.
I've had two mid-price toasters (Morphy Richards and Kenwood), each cost £40 - £55 and have lasted as long as you'd expect from a Dualit.
Oh yeah and they really know how to heat bread.
I wouldn't buy a £10 toaster from Tesco because I've seen how my Dad's ones never last, but you also don't have to go to the premium end of the market to find a toaster that will last 15 years.
I've had two mid-price toasters (Morphy Richards and Kenwood), each cost £40 - £55 and have lasted as long as you'd expect from a Dualit.
Oh yeah and they really know how to heat bread.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
You can for £40. We had a Duralit 2 slice one that broke, so we gave it away as we wanted 4 slice anyway. Bought a Morphy Richards must be 8 maybe 10 years ago, and the £35 toaster has been doing great toast, muffins and bagels with no complaints for that time. But as I said before, wife wants a Duralit again now because it will look good on the new kitchen worktop - I don't think she gives a sh!t whether it does better toast or not.
Nitram
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- Jul 16, 2013
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Have had that four toast version for about fifteen years. Gets used two three times daily. One element went this year, repaired at a local shop. Yes expensive to buy in first place but cost no more than replacing cheaper toasters as I did in the past. Wife still thinks it's a waste of money though!
The Merry Prankster
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Yes. Quality bits of toasting kit. Last for ever.